Murder Inquiry Ongoing

Published on Thursday, June 8th, 2017 at 12:38 pm

By Justine Dwyer & Kieran Walsh

Garda continued to appeal for information pertaining to the murder of a 48 year old man whose body was found in a flat in the city on Wednesday morning last.
The body of Somalian national Abdi Rasheeh Kaaheen Shire (O’Connell Street) was discovered in a flat in Wellington Square in Ballybricken at about 9.20am on Wednesday morning. Gardaí and emergency services were called to the address and the victim was pronounced dead at the scene.
A post mortem was carried out at University Hospital Waterford however Gardaí refused to release the results for what they described as “operational reasons”.
They continued to remain tight-lipped regarding details of the case but confirmed that the deceased had lived at O’Connell Street and the Wellington Square flat that where his remains were discovered was that of a friend’s whom it’s believed he had been visiting.
It is believed detectives have been working with a Garda Ethnic Liaison Officer to speak with the 30 or so members of the Somalian community living in Waterford to see if they can assist with their investigation.See newspaper for more on this story.